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Despite continued strong growth in total assets, the Asia-Pacific banking sector is still exposed to high levels of private sector leverage. Steps are currently taken to reign in excess debt growth which has led to the moderation of debt accumulation in some markets, such as China and India. Regulators have also intensified efforts to curb the financial and conduct risks that confront banks in the region.

The transaction banking business continues to be buffeted by change. For instance, the increasing adoption of open banking and open APIs is transforming banks’ and financial institutions’’ fundamental technology and operations architecture.

The emergence of digital wealth platforms will disrupt the traditional role of bank-based wealth managers, which acted primarily as mutual fund distributors to allow them to provide more holistic investment advisory and asset management services. Previously, investors who were looking for individually managed, diversified investment portfolios had few options available to them except for mutual funds, which became popular.